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Date:      Fri, 11 Nov 2005 07:05:37 -0700 (MST)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        "J. W. Ballantine" <jwb@homer.att.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: mergemaster and RELENG6
Message-ID:  <20051111070354.G13483@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <200511111302.jABD2Lj18381@akiva.homer.att.com>
References:  <200511111302.jABD2Lj18381@akiva.homer.att.com>

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On Fri, 11 Nov 2005, J. W. Ballantine wrote:

> I'm trying to install RELEASE6 on a BSD machine, and the
> install fails in the mergemaster stage with:
>

...

> cap_mkdb: illegal option -- l
> usage: cap_mkdb [-v] [-f outfile] file [file ...]
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/src/etc.
>
>  *** FATAL ERROR: Cannot 'cd' to /usr/src/etc and install files to
>      the temproot environment
>
> The steps I took were:
>
>  copied /etc/rc.d to /etc/old_rc.d
>  removed /usr/src/* /usr/obj/*
>  cvsup'ed RELENG6
>  changed to /usr/src
>  did a make buildworld
>  did a make buildkernel
>  did a make installkernel
>  did a mergemaster -i
>
> Anyone have any thoughts on what is causing mergemaster to fail?

Probably because you skipped the 'make installworld' step and are still 
running an old copy of mergemaster.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA



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